Tilera, Virident and AIC Deliver 8x Faster HD Video Transcoding With TILE-Gx Manycore at NAB

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 11, 2012) - Tilera® Corporation, the leader in 64-bit manycore general purpose processors, AIC Inc., a leading provider of OEM/ODM server and storage solutions and Virident Systems, a performance leader in flash-based storage class memory (SCM) solutions, today announced that they will demonstrate HD video encoding and decoding performance acceleration made possible with energy efficient 36-core TILE-Gx™ processor at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, NV, April 16-19, 2012.

WHAT: Tilera, Virident and AIC will demonstrate video transcoding performance acceleration with Tilera's 36-cores TILE-Gx™ -- using a Tilera video acceleration card integrated into AIC's SB301-TO server featuring Max IO™ technology. The companies will show how Tilera's manycore solution delivers HD video transcoding time-to-completion speeds eight times faster where Virident FlashMAX SCM technology enables the unconditional performance by streaming high-speed cache to guarantee throughput to the Tilera technology.

The rapid growth of video accelerated by the proliferation of smart phones, tablets, laptops and internet connected TV is driving the digital content industry and video service providers to require innovative solutions that deliver new levels of video processing performance. The Tilera, Virident, and AIC video transcoding appliance enables the industry to deliver new quality of service levels to their customers at 1/3 the footprint and 1/4 the power of existing solutions.

WHERE: Booth# 13915, South Lower Hall

WHEN: April 16 - 19, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

HOW: To schedule press demonstrations with Tilera at NAB, please contact Devan Gillick, Breakaway Communications at dgillick@breakawaycom.com

About Tilera

Tilera® Corporation is the developer of the highest performance manycore processors in the world. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with additional locations worldwide. For more information, visit www.tilera.com or follow us on Twitter @Tilera.

About AIC

AIC is a leading provider of OEM/ODM server and storage solutions, ideally developed to meet the unique demands of a wide variety of markets. With expertise in in-house design, validation, manufacturing and production, our expansive selection of products are highly flexible and can be configured to any form factor or custom configuration. AIC leads the industry in all categories, with over 100 years of combined experience in mechanical, electronic, system-level engineering as well as a dedication to product innovation and customer support. Headquartered in Taiwan, AIC has offices and operations throughout the United States, Asia and Europe. For more information, visit www.aicipc.com.

About Virident Systems

Virident Systems enterprise-class Storage Class Memory (SCM) solutions deliver unconditional, consistent performance that supports the most data-intensive content and applications. Virident Systems is backed by strategic investors, Intel®, Cisco® Systems and a leading storage hardware and software solutions provider, as well as venture investors Globespan Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Artiman Ventures. For more information, visit www.virident.com.